diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
index eeb826814..d23ec66ac 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPub do
       )
 
     unless opts["skip_preload"] do
-      from([thread_mute: tm] in query, where: is_nil(tm))
+      from([thread_mute: tm] in query, where: is_nil(tm.user_id))
     else
       query
     end